Hodgson, Canada rolls past Denmark at worlds

Summary of 4 articles · Updated May 16, 2014

Just a day after scoring a hat trick against Denmark, Hodgson made it 2-0 on a power play and added Canada's fifth 15 minutes later to become the tournament's leading scorer with six goals. Denmark answered Hodgson's first with a goal from Nicklas Jensen … (more)in the first period but a Hodgson slap shot beat goaltender Patrick Galbraith in the second, and Read scored his pair in the third, the second one while short-handed. Italy is at the bottom together with Denmark with three points. "It doesn't matter what you do in these exhibitions as long as we get to the quarterfinals and semifinals and eventually finals," Hodgson said. "We're only here for one goal." He tied the game at 2-2 in the second period and added the winner in overtime with a high wrist shot. The U.S. is third in Group B. MINSK, Belarus Cody Hodgson scored twice in the second period to help spark Canada's 6-1 win over Italy at the ice hockey world championship on Friday, while the United States ended a two-game losing streak by beating Kazakhstan 4-3 in overtime. Canada, with three wins out of four, was in a race with unbeaten Sweden to win their eight-team Group A. Defenseman Seth Jones of the Nashville Predators scored his second goal of the game 1:05 into overtime to rally the United States to a 4-3 victory against Kazakhstan in preliminary-round play of the 2014 IIHF World Championship at Minsk Arena in Belarus on Friday.

US kicks Kazakhstan, Canada rolls on at worlds

MINSK, Belarus (AP) -- Cody Hodgson scored twice in the second period to help spark Canada's 6-1 win over Italy at the ice hockey world championship on Friday, while the United States ended a two-game losing streak by beating Kazakhstan 4-3 in overtime.

Canada routs Italy, U.S. snaps skid at worlds

Cody Hodgson scored twice in the second period to help spark Canada's 6-1 win over Italy at the ice hockey world championship on Friday, while the United States ended a two-game losing streak by beating Kazakhstan 4-3 in overtime.

Worlds: Jones leads U.S. to OT win; Canada routs Italy

Defenseman Seth Jones of the Nashville Predators scored his second goal of the game 1:05 into overtime to rally the United States to a 4-3 victory against Kazakhstan in preliminary-round play of the 2014 IIHF World Championship at Minsk Arena in B...